parched lips and tongue(chún jiāo kǒu zào)

parched lips and tongue

The Chinese idiom ch ú NJI ā OK ǒ uz à o is used to describe the dry lips caused by excessive talking. It comes from the song of the thatched cottage broken by the autumn wind by Du Fu of Tang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the song of the thatched cottage broken by the autumn wind written by Du Fu of Tang Dynasty, it is said that "if you openly embrace the thatched cottage and go into the bamboo, your lips are burning and your mouth is dry, and you can't breathe."

Idiom usage

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Chinese PinYin : chún jiāo kǒu zào